TiVo shares shot up more than 17% Tuesday, following a preliminary initial ruling last Friday by the U.S. International Trade Commission that Comcast had violated two TiVo patents. TiVo -- formed by Rovi's acquisition of the namesake …

Shares of TiVo Inc. TIVO, +2.06% soared 17% in active morning trade Thursday to a 3 1/2-month high, after a report that the maker of digital video recorders was in merger talks. Volume within 15 minutes of the open was 1.6 million shares, …

The proposal would consist of both cash and stock with TiVo shareholders holding around 30% of the combined company, said the Times. TiVo has been struggling for some time with the stock losing half its value over the past 2 years. …

That may sound like a lot of money, but investors had clearly expected more: TiVo’s stock was down 17 percent by Friday afternoon. TiVo’s tanking stock may be the direct result of the company indicating that it would receive a higher payout …

Once the high-flying pioneer of digital television recording, Alviso-based TiVo has been pulled back to earth, losing half its market value in the past year while a drawn-out patent-infringement battle has rendered its financial outlook, well, fuzzy.

This is a big change for TiVo, whose stock price has declined nearly 34% over the last 12 months. The company says that CEO Tom Rogers will give up the top job at the end of January, but remain as the non-executive Chairman. The board …

You might not know Rovi, but the company is apparently quite big as it is acquiring TiVo for $1.1 billion in a cash-and-stock deal. Rovi holds a bunch of patents related to the entertainment industry and does a lot of software licensing to …